---
type: "Bill"
title: "LABOR DISPUTE-DAMAGES"
description: "Amends the Labor Dispute Act. Provides that no award of monetary damages, except for damage done to an employer's property as a result of conduct prohibited by law, shall be granted by any court of this State in any case involving a labor dispute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 2907"
citation: "Illinois HB 2907 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lance Yednock", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a03f84fe-83df-4da6-8cac-1cec46f66600"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2907&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=148049&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "cb4d6e10f78eb108e1eb185a9dc08d8ad6e4cd5262a87d317010a8ae9b2300f5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 2907 (103rd) — LABOR DISPUTE-DAMAGES

Amends the Labor Dispute Act. Provides that no award of monetary damages, except for damage done to an employer's property as a result of conduct prohibited by law, shall be granted by any court of this State in any case involving a labor dispute.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2907.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2907eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2907enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Labor & Commerce — **21–5** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–6** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **80–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lance Yednock — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lance Yednock `filing`
- **2023-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-23** Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2023-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2023-03-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 021-005-000
- **2023-03-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 080-030-002 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2023 `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2023-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Do Pass Judiciary; 007-002-000
- **2023-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
- **2023-05-04** Third Reading - Passed; 047-006-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0040 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a03f84fe-83df-4da6-8cac-1cec46f66600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).